Chapter 1,330 Dawn Raid

Master, those who can hang a golden thread are not ordinary characters. It is easy to say that they have to overcome obstacles along the way. For such characters, it is really too much to expect them to be ordered around like big-headed soldiers by noble officers.

Therefore, as long as the daily drills meet the standards and there are no violations of military discipline, the officers and nobles who serve as captains will turn a blind eye. It is even less possible to spur a whole ship of magicians and require them to be 100% alert at all times like a state of war. Those officers and nobles couldn't do it themselves!

This is why, when there is a strange noise, the people on the ship seem to be unconscious.

The ship-cutting knife is essentially just a chainsaw. At most, the material of the saw teeth is very special. Using dragon scales as saw teeth, coupled with high-speed operation, it can be said that if the hardness of the material is purely compared, even if it is a magic material, there is no ship-cutting knife that cannot cut through.

The magic shield can hold on for a while, but only for a moment. Dragon scales themselves have magical properties. In short, they have properties such as magic breaking and magic resistance. The low-level magic shield is similar to Zhihu's, and the high-level magic shield can last a while longer.

Since it is a chainsaw, it takes some time to cut things. In the past, the ship-cutting knife had the performance of cutting iron like clay. It was purely because the target was too weak and could not withstand the high-speed cutting of the dragon scale serrations, so it was able to cut through it time and time again.

But what would be the result if the target was changed to the most important and strongest part of the entire airship - the keel of the hull?

Just spend more time. Once again, there is no tangible substance in Mi Di, which cannot be cut through with the ship-cutting knife.

Therefore, Princess Kono's dragoon troops, led by her confidant, the dragon knight Mangadu, took advantage of the thick fog and flew under the five airships. One of the reasons for choosing this position instead of launching an attack from the upper deck or the side of the ship is that the airship is directly below a blind spot, which is convenient for them to cause trouble and delay the time of being discovered.

The dragoons of the three squadrons did not carry the traditional weapon-dragon lance. Instead, they carried ship-cutting knives whose attack range was not long enough.

Dragon Spear is good for diving attacks, and with the bonus of speed, it has considerable power. However, the tactics that the ship-cutting sword that is not long enough can use are different from the traditional dragoons. Therefore, everyone followed the order and took up their positions with a feeling of uneasiness.

Ten to thirty flying dragons gathered below each airship. Their sharp claws could not scratch the airship's hull, but they could still barely cling to the hull. As soon as their bodies were fixed, everyone activated their ship-cutting knives one after another, regardless of how awkward their posture was or how difficult it was to apply force while hanging upside down, and slashed at the airship's hull with one strike.

If you can cut the keel of the airship, cut it. If you can't squeeze the space, attack elsewhere. In short, as long as it can be hung on the airship hull, no one will be idle.

The reason why not all people came together was simply because the outer shell of the airship was not that large. In addition, they deliberately avoided the position in the boat where the magician could launch magic attacks, and only targeted blind spots. Therefore, there were a large number of dragoons flying under the airship, ready to take over at any time.

The strong airship hull is not strong enough to withstand the cut of the ship-cutting knife. However, although the damage caused by the ship-cutting knife cannot be said to be insignificant compared to the hull of the airship, it is not an immediate fatal damage. At least the dragoons opened several gaps in the airship, but the people inside still didn't notice it.

Even though these injuries did not bring immediate harm to the airship, they still partially reduced the performance of the airship. In the formation of five airships, some were slowed down and separated from the formation; some were abnormally lowered in height or abnormally tilted. But these changes are slow and the occupants may not feel them for a while.

But Mangadu's dragoon team was still discovered. Because as time passed, the fog that had gathered in the early morning gradually dispersed, and the observers above the airship that had lowered its altitude saw densely packed flying dragons hanging upside down directly below the other airships in the formation, with dozens more following them. Fly; and there is someone riding on the flying dragon.

Seeing this scene, how could the airship army, an old rival, not know who the other party was. Immediately the alarm bell rang throughout the ship, even reaching the other four airships.

It didn't take long to confirm the cause of the alarm. Anyone who is not blind can see that the dragoons of the Karlsruhe Empire are causing trouble. The captain of the airship that had lowered its height also reasonably guessed that there was such a group below his own airship. It's just that the dragoons were hiding in the blind spots of the magicians' sight, so they didn't notice it in advance.

As the two sides are at war, there is no need for warning when fighting begins. The magician troops stood on the side and launched a series of magic attacks, such as wind blades, fireballs, and ice picks. Use whatever you are good at. The most important thing is to drive away the group of flies under your colleagues first! When they free up their hands, they can naturally save themselves.

However, Manjiadu did not hesitate. As soon as he was discovered, he grabbed the person and ran away without looking back. Maybe the flying dragon wouldn't be powerful enough to hit the airship like an aerial fortress, but if it really wanted to run, it wouldn't be able to catch up with it at the speed of a traditional airship. So except for a few unlucky ones, who suffered a few spells and were injured, these three dragoon squadrons all fled back to the Karlsruhe Empire's station.

This aerial encounter certainly fell into the eyes of frontline observers. However, due to the long distance, although the battle situation was seen, not many details were seen.

At first, everyone only thought that this battle was like a dragoon running over to say hello to the airship, with no real results. At least the dragoons didn't make too many sacrifices, which is the only result worth celebrating.

But as time passed, the observers hiding on the front line and watching the Jietianguan Fortress felt something was wrong. Under normal circumstances, the airship transporting supplies will leave after handing over the goods. At most, it would take some time to wait for some personnel to change defenses or for the wounded to be evacuated to board the boat. But they will all leave the ground before dark and embark on the return journey.

But this time, after the five airships landed, they were not seen taking off again. In such a situation, of course, the general at the headquarters should be reported immediately.

Suddenly, the entire Oz Plain and the garrison estates in Karlsruhe started to move, because they wanted to prevent airships from joining the local battle! When ground troops fight against airships, it's a situation of pure beating. What everyone can do is to reduce the loss of people and property as much as possible.

During this process, of course some people were dissatisfied with the dragoon team brought by Princess Kono to tease the airship formation on the opposite side. Even through the forum, things here are communicated to the rear of the empire as soon as possible.

There are a lot of political implications to doing this. Those who regarded Kenuo as enemies were relieved, while those who were examining whether the princess was worthy of their support retreated one after another. They may not have explicitly expressed their intention to refuse, but they quietly retracted the hand that was about to extend an olive branch. At most, they just said a few more beautiful words.

But one day, two days, and three days passed, and when the second wave of airship formations arrived, Karlsruhe realized that this time was abnormal, and it was different from the past.

This day's supply airship formation did not arrive in the early morning, and it was not the usual five-ship formation, but increased to eight airships, which were the latest models. They are not in horizontal formation, but divided into two groups, one high and one low. And after completing the transportation task, they also leave before dark. Eight ships came, and eight ships left.

What about the original five ships?

The Plains of Oz is a battlefield, and of course both warring parties have spies for each other. The Karlsruhe Empire immediately mobilized its own hidden spies to collect intelligence about the airship.

After they paid the price of exposing several lurkers, they finally came up with a sentence: the five airships were seriously damaged and could not continue their mission.

Although Midland does not have a modern army like Earth, and a detailed combat report is required for each mission, the combat process of Mangadu's three dragoon squadrons was still informed to the generals in charge of the Oz Plains theater. And their first thought was disbelief.

According to the dragoons, they used ship-cutting knives to cut off the keels of five airships and caused varying degrees of damage to the hulls below the hulls. But no one except their own people can confirm such results; and it is impossible to judge what strategic advantages such results can bring.

What's the use of killing people? It only works if you beat people to death or maim them!

Similarly, is there any use in cutting a few holes in the outer shell of the airship? At any rate, we have to blow it up, capture it, or kill everyone on the boat!

This was the original thought of the generals responsible for command.

But when the information came back that the airship was seriously damaged and could no longer fly, they realized the value of the dragoon equipped with a ship-cutting knife.

Originally, their only way to deal with the airship was to send flying troops to board the ship, and then rely on soldiers to fight inside the airship. Only by killing all the opponent's magicians, or by invading to the lowest level and destroying the airship's floating device, can an airship be defeated.

And what is the battle loss ratio in between? According to the past battles of the Karlsruhe Empire, it usually takes one or two flying groups to defeat an airship. In the worst case scenario, it would take two thousand people plus flying mounts to replace an airship with one hundred people.

The reason for such a disparity in battle damage ratio is ultimately because the flying troops do not have a powerful enough attack method to destroy the flying aerial fortress - the airship. Since it is a fortress, the combatants cannot destroy the building. If they want to win, they can only find a way to kill everyone inside.

And because if you want to attack and board the ship, you must first avoid the bombardment of the magician, and the internal passage of the airship itself is not an open terrain, so the battle in many places can only be advanced by filling the lives of people. Under various unfavorable factors, every time an airship is destroyed, it can only be done at a huge cost.

What if today there was a way to directly attack the airship itself, which is equivalent to a fortress, without having to fight a boarding battle? There will definitely be a major reshuffle in the combat situation between the two sides. Everyone has to think of new tactics, adapt to new weapons, and develop tactics to deal with new weapons.